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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

83

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-05-11

Day of Death

1963-05-01 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Whttier, California, USA

Also Known As

Sam Nelson

Biography

Sam Nelson was a director and assistant director who worked from the end of the silent era right up through the early 1960s. While most of his film work was in the assistant director role, he did direct over 20 films during the 1930s and 1940s, all of which were westerns. As an assistant director he worked on such notable films as Pennies from Heaven, And Then There Were None, All the King's Men, the original 3:10 to Yuma, Some Like It Hot, A Raisin in the Sun, and Spartacus. In addition he appeared in over a dozen films in small roles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Acting

Breed of Courage

1927

Breed of Courage

as

Alan Haliday

The Vagabond Cub

1929

The Vagabond Cub

as

Bob McDonald

The Little Savage

1929

The Little Savage

as

Norton

Soldiers and Women

1930

Soldiers and Women

as

Pvt. Delehanty

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

The Lady from Shanghai

as

Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing

Cowboy

1958

Cowboy

as

Santa Fe

1951

Santa Fe

as

Reprisal!

1956

Reprisal!

as

Virtue

1932

Virtue

as